Job role
The Accounts assistant will play a crucial role in the financial management of the organization by performing various tasks related to cash control accounts reconciliations. This role requires meticulous attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and a deep understanding of accounting principles.
Key responsibilities:
- Reconciliation of cashiers’ collection and banking on a daily basis against the cash billings.
- Perform daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliations of cash accounts to ensure accuracy and identify discrepancies.
- Recording of all banking slips into the system
- Make follow-up with cashiers on any variances resulting from the bank slips versus the cash billings and escalating to Treasury coordinator and Finance manager.
- Ensure the system’s cashier facility wide report is fully accounted for on a monthly basis.
- Ensuring that the outreach cash control account is nil in General Ledger on a monthly basis or any balance is well explained and reconcilable.
- Posting of supplier invoices into the Accounts payable module and allocating costs to the correct cost centers.
- Process replenishment of the spent petty cash amounts to the mobile money payment platform.
- Propose journal vouchers for Finance manager approval as need arises to correct any mis-posting and reallocation of costs.
- Ensure strict adherence of controls as per set policies and Internal audit recommendations for all areas.
- Carry out additional duties allocated by the supervisors from time to time.
Qualifications and skills requirements:
- CPA II or bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance or related field. Added advantage if possessing both.
- Minimum of 1 year of working experience in a similar position
- A team player with good organizational and communication skills
- Attention to details and problem-solving skills.
- Person of high integrity with a positive attitude towards work.
- Computer literacy is mandatory.
- Ability to set priorities and work effectively with minimum supervision.
- Able to work flexible/long hours as and when required.